A Case of Infective Endocarditis and Pulmonary Septic Emboli Caused by Lactococcus lactis
Infective endocarditis is a rare condition in children with normal hearts. We present here a case of previously healthy eleven-year-old girl with infective endocarditis and pulmonary septic emboli caused by a very rare bacterial etiology (Lactococcus lactis). Identification of this pathogen was only...
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| author | Bshara Mansour Adib Habib Nazih Asli Yuval Geffen Dan Miron Nael Elias |
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| description | Infective endocarditis is a rare condition in children with normal hearts. We present here a case of previously healthy eleven-year-old girl with infective endocarditis and pulmonary septic emboli caused by a very rare bacterial etiology (Lactococcus lactis). Identification of this pathogen was only made by polymerase chain reaction. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e93049e5d56f4c55aff92ffb9e3f2f602025-02-03T01:24:27ZengWileyCase Reports in Pediatrics2090-68032090-68112016-01-01201610.1155/2016/10240541024054A Case of Infective Endocarditis and Pulmonary Septic Emboli Caused by Lactococcus lactisBshara Mansour0Adib Habib1Nazih Asli2Yuval Geffen3Dan Miron4Nael Elias5Pediatric Department, St. Vincent French Hospital, Nazareth, IsraelPediatric Department, St. Vincent French Hospital, Nazareth, IsraelBruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelBruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelBruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelPediatric Department, St. Vincent French Hospital, Nazareth, IsraelInfective endocarditis is a rare condition in children with normal hearts. We present here a case of previously healthy eleven-year-old girl with infective endocarditis and pulmonary septic emboli caused by a very rare bacterial etiology (Lactococcus lactis). Identification of this pathogen was only made by polymerase chain reaction.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1024054 |
| spellingShingle | Bshara Mansour Adib Habib Nazih Asli Yuval Geffen Dan Miron Nael Elias A Case of Infective Endocarditis and Pulmonary Septic Emboli Caused by Lactococcus lactis Case Reports in Pediatrics |
| title | A Case of Infective Endocarditis and Pulmonary Septic Emboli Caused by Lactococcus lactis |
| title_full | A Case of Infective Endocarditis and Pulmonary Septic Emboli Caused by Lactococcus lactis |
| title_fullStr | A Case of Infective Endocarditis and Pulmonary Septic Emboli Caused by Lactococcus lactis |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Infective Endocarditis and Pulmonary Septic Emboli Caused by Lactococcus lactis |
| title_short | A Case of Infective Endocarditis and Pulmonary Septic Emboli Caused by Lactococcus lactis |
| title_sort | case of infective endocarditis and pulmonary septic emboli caused by lactococcus lactis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1024054 |
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